On the 14th of June 2023, several news outlets, including the ABC, the Age and Sky News, published a story about an Australian Federal Police (AFP) operation that seized six tons of methamphetamine concealed in a shipment of canola oil.… Continue Reading →

Conversations that were once along the lines of “wow, psychedelics seem to be a useful treatment for almost any kind of mental health problem” have transitioned to something more like “the psychedelic medicine industry sure has a lot of problems.”… Continue Reading →

On the 5th of November 2022, the ABC demonstrated exemplar reporting of the ACT’s decision to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of illicit drugs in an ABC News In-Depth television piece. In doing so, the ABC provided an analysis… Continue Reading →

Hyperbola and other editorial acrobatics were out in force in a particularly ill-informed piece published on the 15th of November 2022 by The Community Advocacy Alliance (CAA) called Flakka – A New Zombie in Town… Take note that the CAA… Continue Reading →

On the 6th of November 2022, The Sunday Times ran an “exclusive” story that may well be used in future textbooks as an example of how to create a drug moral panic. The entire front page was dedicated to the… Continue Reading →